NARRATOR
Once upon a time-
later-
CINDERELLA
I wish
In that same far-off kingdom
More than anything
Lived a young princess,
More than life
The lad Jack,
More than footmen
JACK
I wish
And the Baker with his family
BABY
Waaah!
JACK
No, I miss
CINDERELLA & BAKER
I wish
BABY
Waaah!
JACK
More then anything
CINDERELLA, JACK, BAKER
More than the moon
BAKER'S WIFE
There, there
CINDERELLA
I wish to sponsor a Festival
BABY
Waaah!
BAKER
More then life
JACK
I miss
CINDERELLA
The time has come for a Festival
BABY
Waaah!
BAKER'S WIFE
Shh
BAKER
More than riches
CINDERELLA
And a ball
JACK
I miss my kingdom up in the sky
CINDERELLA & BAKER
More than anything
BAKER'S WIFE
I wish we had more room
BAKER
Another room
NARRATOR
But despite some minor inconveniences,
they were all quite content
CINDERELLA
I never thought I'd wed a Prince
CINDERELLA's PRINCE
I never thought I'd find perfection
BOTH
I never thought I would be so happy!
CINDERELLA
Not an unhappy moment since
JACK & MOTHER
I didn't think we'd be this rich
CINDERELLA'S PRINCE
Not a conceivable objection
BAKER & WIFE
I never thought we'd have a baby
CINDERELLA, PRINCE, JACK, MOTHER
I didn't know I could be so happy!
BAKER & WIFE
I'm so happy!
STEPMOTHER
Happy now,
Happy hence,
Happy ever after-
FLORINDA, LUCINDA, STEPMOTHER
We're so happy you're so happy!
Just as long as you stay happy,
We'll stay happy!
CINDERELLA & PRINCE
Not one row
JACK'S MOTHER
Pots of pence
JACK
With my cow
BAKER & WIFE
Little gurgles
CINDERELLA'S PRINCE
Darling, I must go now
JACK'S MOTHER
We should really sell it
BAKER
Where's he cheesecloth?
ALL (except Baker)
Wishes may bring problems,
Such that you regret them
ALL
Better that, though,
Than to never get them
CINDERELLA
I'm going to be a perfect wife!
JACK
I'm going to be a perfect son!
BAKER'S WIFE & JACK'S MOTHER
I'm going to be a perfect mother!
BAKER
I'm going to be a perfect father!
I'm so happy!
CINDERELLA, JACK, MOTHER, BAKER'S WIFE
I'm going to see that he/she
Is so happy!
ALL
I never though I'd love my life!
I would have settled for another!
CINDERELLA
Then to become a wife
JACK & MOTHER
Then to be ste for life
BAKER & WIFE
Then to beget a child
ALL
That fortune smiled
I'm so hap-!
(A loud rumbling noise is followed by an
enormous crash The Baler's house caves in
He is caught underneath the rubble as
his Wife runs forward with their baby
The Witch enters)
BAKER
Have you done this to our house?
WITCH
Always thinking of yourself! Look at my garden
BAKER
Destroyed!
BAKER's WIFE
Who could do such a thing?
BAKER
Do you think it was a bear?
WITCH
A bear? Bears are sweet
Besides, you ever see a bear with forty-foot feet?
BAKER'S WIFE
Dragon?
WITCH
No scorch marks,
Usually they're linked
BAKER
Manticore?
WITCH
Imaginary
BAKER & WIFE
Griffin?
WITCH
Extinct
BAKER
Giant?
WITCH
Possible
Very, very, possible
NARRATOR
More than possible Their fears would
prove to be well founded
BAKER
Into the woods,
It's always when
You think at last
You're through, and then
Into the woods you go again
To take another journey
BAKER'S WIFE
Into the woods,
The weather's clear,
We've been before,
We've naught to fear
Into the woods, away from here-
JACK
Into the woods to find a giant-!
LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD
Into the woods to Grandmother's house
BAKER
Into the woods,
The path is straight,
No reason then
To hesitate-
BAKER'S WIFE
Into the woods,
It's not to late,
It's just another journey
CINDERELLA
Into the woodsm
But not too long:
The skies are strange,
The winds are strong
Into the woods to see what's wrong
JACK
Into the woods-
To slay the giant!
BAKER'S WIFE
Into the woods-
To shield the child
LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD
To flee the winds
BAKER
To find a future
BAKER'S WIFE
To shield
JACK
To slay
LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD
To flee
BAKER
To find
CINDERELLA
To fix
BAKER'S WIFE
To hide
LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD
To move
JACK
To battle
CINDERELLA
To see what the trouble is
(Rapunzel screams)